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CAMERON. BECKHAM. WINDSOR. OSBORNE.
We are the Big Society you never thought you'd see
We are the Big Society...
DO YOUR BIT.
KNOW YOUR PLACE.
Housng booms; plastic debts,
Gambling fetish; Greenwich domes,
Liberal wars; pathfinders,
League tables; cabs for hire,
Law and order by tabloid command,
Arts and culture by Simon Cowell;
Yes, it was bad...
But 'Tory' is Gaelic for thief.
You say that we're in this together,
You privileged son of Thatcher.
You got Philip Blond to join the dots,
Tax avoiders to advise on cuts,
Eric Pickles closing libraries,
Charities feel the squeeze;
You got IDS saying 'on yer bike',
You got RBS on the make...
We are in this together,
You and your photographer.
Public servants get P45s;
Bankers get their bonuses.
Sat around the cabinet:
23 millionaires
23 millionaires
23 millionaires
Top Shop, RBS,
X Factor, ailing infrastructure;
Media-ocre!
This is what we're about,
Britain in 2010:
Celebrities, snow,
World cup bids, Biffy Clyro
Bowie butchered for "our boys",
Elton covered for John Lewis.
University is not for you and me,
It's an investment opportunity,
Yes! We're in this together,
You privileged son of Thatcher;
Yes, we are in this together,
Yeah, and I'm Mick Jagger...
23 millionaires
I'm no son of Brown
No child of Thatcher
But I'm a grandchild of Attlee
Yes, we're in this together,
You and your photographer.
credits
from
Autumn Overtures EP,
released February 18, 2011
Tom May (vocals, Roland Juno-D Synthesizer, Yamaha Portasound PS-200 'Little Keyboard', washboard)
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